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Miami City Commission

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Top Five Miami Parks For a Memorial Day Barbecue

    While the rest of the nation is celebrating just being able to leave the house without mittens and and a scarf on, it will be just another warm, sunny weekend for us here in South Florida. So why not grill a fabulous selection of barbecued meats while taking in a wondrous view? No we don't mean by p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Miguel Exposito Walks With Almost a Million Bucks, Six-Figure Pension After Firing

    ​If ex-police chief Miguel Exposito didn't look all that torn up on Monday when the Miami City Commission sacked him, there's a good reason: Not only can he ignore all of Mayor Tomás Regalado's nonsense from now on, but also he's walking away with some serious money.Exposito will leave the city w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Oh Great, Xavier Suarez and the Other Julio Robaina are Running for County Commission

    Xavier Suarez​Miami-Dade politics is a complicated beast, and the recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has set off a lot of dominoes. Commissioner Carlos Gimenez's decision to resign from his county commission seat to run for mayor means it's now up for grabs. And guess who's running? Former ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Families of Seven Men Killed in Police Shootings Speak At Commission Meeting Today

    ​Willa Mae Reed cries when she remembers the last time she saw her grandson, Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye. "He said he was getting a haircut, and he kissed me goodbye," Reed tells Riptide. "I still got a lot of questions about what happened next."Gaye was shot and killed by Miami police in December -- on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Jeffrey Loria: Dirty Dozen 2010

    ​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Downtown's No-Panhandling Zone is SB1070 For Miami's Homeless

    Marc Sarnoff, the Miami Heat's handy rubber-stamper.​Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial "no-panhandling zone" surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This isn't a homeless issue," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Rip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Unions Slam Mayor, Commission Over Proposed Pay and Benefit Cuts

    photo by Tim Elfrink This cop wants you to know his biblical thoughts on Tomas Regalado.​They packed City Hall by the dozens this afternoon -- the firefighters in bright yellow, the police in dark blue, the general service workers in civvies. They beat the floor, pounded the windows and wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Man Found Shot to Death in Truck

    via CBS4​In today's news roundup: A dead body is found in a truck, a teacher drives while under the influence of booze and Xanax, and those huge LCD billboards in downtown Miami have a long way to go before they're erected.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    CBS4 Cameraman Detained After Brawl at City Hall

    Not smiling this time: Commissioner Marc Sarnoff called for recess after a brawl in City Hall​A brawl between a CBS4 cameraman and police officers broke out today during a Miami City Commission meeting. Sources at the scene say that the cameraman -- a large man in a red shirt -- was hauled away in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Commission Approves Massive Electronic Billboards Downtown, But Are They Legal?

    via Miami City Square​After two hours of discussion, the Miami City Commission this afternoon voted 4-1 to grant final approval for two skyscraper-tall digital billboards to be built atop a new parking garage next to the Arsht Center. Only Frank Carollo voted against the plan after express ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    City Commission to Name Spence-Jones Replacement

    ​The Miami City Commission is expected to name a replacement for embattled commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones's District 5 seat tomorrow, according to the Miami Herald. Spence-Jones was re-elected in November just days before turning herself in on charges of funneling county money to a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Miami Election: Low Turnout Expected, Spence-Jones Chases Last Minute Voters

    At noon today, Michelle Spence-Jones was at her Liberty City headquarters furiously calling supporters to come out and vote for her.Again. The message to her troops regarding today's hotly contested Miami City Commission election.was clear: "I just don't want nobody sitting around doing nothing aro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Crazy Joe Carollo Hints at State Senate Run

    ​So Joe Carollo never did make that last-minute, dramatic entrance into the last mayoral race, but one of Miami's most colorful former mayors is apparently gearing up for a return to elected office.According to Naked Politics, he has his eyes on a state Senate seat in District 36. But he'd be runn ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 5, 2009

    World leaders should see the Frost Art Museum's latest exhibits

    ​So Joe Carollo never did make that last-minute, dramatic entrance into the last mayoral race, but one of Miami's most colorful former mayors is apparently gearing up for a return to elected office.According to Naked Politics, he has his eyes on a state Senate seat in District 36. But he'd be runn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    City of Miami Unanimously Passes Domestic Partnership Ordinace

    via Made Underground's FlickrToday, the City of Miami Commission took a tiny little step in the right direction towards equality by unanimously passing a Domestic Partnership Ordinance, 5-0. The new policy will only effect City employees by extending health care benefits to their same-sex ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Bay of Pigs Vet Seeks Miami City Commission Seat

    via Made Underground's FlickrToday, the City of Miami Commission took a tiny little step in the right direction towards equality by unanimously passing a Domestic Partnership Ordinance, 5-0. The new policy will only effect City employees by extending health care benefits to their same-sex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Homophobe Media Whizzes Not Doing So Great

    via Made Underground's FlickrToday, the City of Miami Commission took a tiny little step in the right direction towards equality by unanimously passing a Domestic Partnership Ordinance, 5-0. The new policy will only effect City employees by extending health care benefits to their same-sex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Live Nation Taking Over Bayfront Park

    via Made Underground's FlickrToday, the City of Miami Commission took a tiny little step in the right direction towards equality by unanimously passing a Domestic Partnership Ordinance, 5-0. The new policy will only effect City employees by extending health care benefits to their same-sex ... More >>

  • News

    August 2, 2007

    Too Hot to Care

    In the summer, perspiration has a way of eating away at the body all day

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Souto Steamed Over Suit Support

    "Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    A Reprieve for the Liberty City Shantytown

    "Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Waterfront Access Is for Commies

    "Miami residents should take development where we can get it. It’s basically our last chance."

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST NEW LAW

    Sidewalk bicycle ban

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Vote for Culture

    What exactly does that mean? Today we know it means that two museums will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to build hulking structures in a waterfront park. But on November 2, most people had no clue

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Two in the Bush

    Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST BAD NEW LAW

    City of Miami Protest Ordinance

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST NEWS FOR OVERTOWN

    Criminal investigations

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    Personal Best

    Mario Artecona

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Crime and Water Balloons

    Have Miami city commissioners lost their (illegal) marbles?

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2003

    Furniture Frenzy

    Save on style at Luminaire

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Pooch Putsch?

    If this catfight over a dog park gets any more beastly, it could claw apart city government

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Dan Ricker Wants You!

    He's Miami's premier citizen advocate. He attends scads of boring meetings so you don't have to. He's on a mission. And he's going broke in the process.

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Squeeze Play

    When an influential developer wants to cram a size-10 project on a size-4 parcel of waterfront land, who can he turn to for help? The ever-accommodating Miami City Commission, of course.

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Dredge Dirge

    Authorities are in a pickle over where to dump the toxic sludge soon to be scraped from the Miami River

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Local Politician

    Jorge Mursuli

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Riptide

    Nat Wilcox on bad behavior; and growing radio verde?

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Mullin

    The Marlins Had a Party and You Weren't Invited

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    The Roads Less Developed

    Residents of this Miami neighborhood don't care how neat the kids' museum will be

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    If You Indict, They Will Come

    What is Miami's greatest natural resource? Corruption, of course! So let's get out there and sell it!

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    The Teele Deal

    What is Miami's greatest natural resource? Corruption, of course! So let's get out there and sell it!

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Good Fences, Bad Neighbors

    Sly Stallone is just a family man who wants some peace and quiet, and he intends to get it

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    From Knight Manor to Nightmare

    Just when a forlorn section of Liberty City is about to get the help it so desperately needs, along comes Miller Dawkins on his political bulldozer

  • News

    November 30, 1995

    Dollars to Doughnuts . . .

    And auto repair, and the occasional nephew. . . An edifying look at Miami City Commission candidates' financial statements

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    Take the Guardhouse and Run

    Sylvester Stallone delivers a $50k soliloquy to the Miami City Commission but doesn't leave the chambers empty-handed

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Treasured Isle

    This time next year an RV campground will occupy Virginia Key. Say sayonara to one of the city's last patches of green.

  • News

    August 16, 1994

    Bring Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Homeless

    Just keep them out of Coconut Grove

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    Miami: Stick It in Your Ear

    And the winner by a landslide is...

  • News

    December 8, 1993

    Mr. Bailey's Neighborhood

    Miami's northeast side is in trouble, and city housing boss Herbert Bailey has eagerly pitched in to help. Personally. On his own time. With his own money. An investigation is underway.

  • News

    June 2, 1993

    Sunday in the Park With AT&T

    The corporate giant's sponsorship of Bayfront Amphitheater is great A if you're the type that likes a little brand name with your band name

  • News

    September 23, 1992

    Letters

    The corporate giant's sponsorship of Bayfront Amphitheater is great A if you're the type that likes a little brand name with your band name

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